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Many did adopt it, however, still maintaining their rather archaic style guides and regulations. But the meritocracy of the internet wasn’t ready to play along the old wine tastes better tune. From time on, super sonic disruptions have since been the order of web journalism and they continue to occur a tad too fast. According to ACME; one of Africa’s renown traditional journalists, Charles Onyango-Obbo left from his post as Nation Media Group’s executive editor for the Africa and digital media division to a digital only publishing platform....

Traditional snail mail services have taken a hit with the advent of email the likes of Gmail and YahooMail. Email services usually come at zero-cost; you can receive email at any time, day or night with the tap of a button. On the other hand, with snail mail one has to periodically check the post office box and it’s a hit and miss affair. However, much as email is fast and convenient, it still has not been able to replace tangible letters and documents....

In Rocket Internet speak, a proven winner company is that which is part of its largest and most mature companies, typically showing a last funding round valuation of at least €100 million and having a track record of at least two years. For example in Africa, Jumia, the e-commerce portal is the highest proven winner having raised $80m by November 2013 at a valuation of $270m. Earlier this morning, ahead of the H1 2014 results update, the company published a 107-slide presentation deck (PDF) on its website, detailing the progress of its portfolio....

However, the only downside of Fiber internet is that it’s available in a few areas. For now, Roke Telkom’s Fiber internet is available in areas of Bugolobi. Here are the home and office packages they offer. Roke Classic PLUS: 40GB at 100,000 renewable monthly – FREE WEEKENDS & NIGHTS. 5mbps on and off peak Roke Unlimited PLUS: 250,000 Ugx for 100GB which degrades to 1Mbps renewable monthly – FREE WEEKENDS & NIGHTS....

Galaxy A2 Core Of the devices announced into the Kenyan market, the Galaxy A2 Core is the baby. This little device comes with a single gig of RAM and 16GB of international storage. 2012 specs, right? This device costs a rather modest KES 8,100. The device comes in three different colors, Blue, Black, and Red. Galaxy A10 For a rather reasonable KES 11,999, the new Galaxy A10 won’t top any benchmark tests....

This is going to be a 5 day (from 9th Sept to 13th Sept) workshop which will deliver a satellite communication training as the partnership between ITU and ITSO for capacity building states, thus expect experts on the subject to be in the building. Who will benefit more from this workshop if they show face? The telecoms, yes MTN, Orange, Airtel(Warid), even the old lady UTL and all the many internet providers plus the tech enthusiasts....

This year’s Seedstars Kampala is supported by Google For entrepreneurs and Stanbic Bank A new addition to the competition this year are the Investments Tracks. Seedstars World has partnered up with the iconic brand lastminute.com Group to source the best travel startups, and with a top financial insitution(to be announced soon) to find the most innovative fintech company. Each of these Investment Tracks will have a USD 500K equity prize for its winner, with the association of one of the biggest players in the industries as an added bonus....

The company has rolled out new coverage areas which include Masaka, Mbarara, Fortportal, Kabale, Masindi, Gulu, Wakiso and Tororo. These have been added to the already existing areas of Kampala, Entebbe, and Mukono. The company also boasts as the only network with a blanket coverage from Entebbe to Mukono. This means than one can drive from the Airport to Kampala and Mukono while experiencing strictly 4G Superfast internet all the way....

But things are changing, albeit slowly. Piers Duffell, an American volunteer living in rural Swaziland. Together with some friends and colleagues have started a crowd funding campaign on (Indiegogo) to bring a Rasberry Pi computer lab to the students of Sidvokodvo. They call it Swazi Pi. This lab will be an inexpensive, repeatable, and fully functional resource for the students. It will have free software such as Linux, typing tutorials, offline versions of the Khan academy for mathematics and science, and offline versions of Wikipedia for research and browsing – as well as games and the opportunity for students to learn to program....

The maintenance works, to cost $3 million, will enhance the security of the undersea cable in Fujairah against anchoring ships and construction disturbance in anticipation of the proposed expansion of the Port. The expansion works at the Port of Fujairah will commence this July up to August 2016 TEAMS was built to connect Kenya and the East African region to the rest of the world as a partnership between the Kenyan Government and Emirates Telecommunication Establishment (Etisalat)....

This guide will take you through all you need to know about the TECNO TakeNow program in Uganda. How to signup, which devices you can get, and payment terms Let’s get started, shall we? How to Signup For TECNO TakeNow Transsion Uganda, the parent company of TECNO, itel, Oraimo, and Infinix has partnered with many electronics shops countrywide for the TakeNow program. Anyone with an Original National ID can get a phone on loan....

If you often spend a lot of time working on your PC (desktop or laptop), you’ll understand how challenging it can be to combine that with using Telegram on your smartphone to exchange messages. To make this easier, Telegram introduced the desktop app version to let users use telegram on their computers seamlessly. When you use Telegram on your PC, you get all the features available on the mobile app version; Create groups with as many users as you want, share files videos, images, self-erasing messages, etc....

In this post, we’ve compiled a list of the best NFT marketplaces you can explore as a creator. While some are more established, others are more exclusive. Some thrive in their communities. Keep reading to find marketplace options you’d be minting on. 1. Opensea If you’re familiar with cryptocurrency, you’d know how Binance is a regulated and established trading platform. That’s how Opensea is in the NFT sphere. Being the most popular and widely used marketplace, this is a great place to sell your non-fungible tokens....

Fast forward, many things have changed. We still have and use feature phones but many of them are dual SIM, with colored displays and internet connectivity mainly for a dumbed down version of social media. Also the today’s feature phones cost less than 1/4 of what the 3310 used to cost. After changing hands quite a lot, the company now making Nokia phones is HMD Global, a private equity-backed firm created explicitly to make new Nokia phones....

It is normal for electronic devices to release a little heat. Heat is an unavoidable side effect of processing, illuminating, charging and discharging. However, sometimes smartphones may release too much heat that is unhealthy for the user and the smartphones. As power flows into the battery to charge it, there is resistance that generates heat. The resistance varies across the charge a very charged battery has higher resistance and the resistance is higher when fast charging....

When you call that customer care helpline, your service provider usually will deny the problem is on their end, then you get angry as a result. A heated argument follows suit usually with the customer speaking on a higher tone. Then once the customer cools down, both parties start negotiating peacefully. Depending on whose fault it is, one of you will be very upset and then finally accept the final output....

For starters and regulars, this is a compilation of the best meme generator apps that you can use on your Android phone. This way you don’t just go ahead downloading and trying out different meme-making apps. Get creative and make them😉 Read More: How to Find Funny Memes Online 1. Meme Generator Free (by ZomboDroid) This has one of the best interfaces and large file sizes (sized at 76MB) in comparison to the other apps on this list....

Netflix is one of the few businesses that has benefited and is still benefiting from the COVID-19 pandemic-induced lockdown. Staying at home means a lot of people have more time on their hands for entertainment (a plus for on-demand video streaming platforms like Netflix). In Q1 2020, Netflix reported that it added nearly 16 million subscribers, more than twice what experts predicted, and its global paid memberships rose to nearly 183 million....

Before now, to create WhatsApp stickers, users have to download 3rd-party apps, upload their photos to them and download them back as stickers. But now, there’s functionality on WhatsApp Web that lets you do this easily without a third-party app, all on the WhatsApp platform. According to WhatsApp, this functionality will be coming to the the WhatsApp desktop app soon too. So, stay tuned. In this post, I’ll walk you through how to turn your photos in WhatsApp stickers without using any other app except WhatsApp itself....

UCC has had a busy couple of months, passing a number of directives to Telecom companies. These include the temporary halt on the sale of SIM cards and lowering charges on SMS and voice calls. Let’s not forget the announcement that any fake phones with unverifiable IMEI codes will be switched off as well. Let’s no telling what other directives UCC has in store for us, and their effect on the economy....